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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Optical Enginering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

1 Ranked Colleges
22 Degrees Awarded
$28,700 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Optical Enginering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Optical Enginering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 132 people earned their degree in optical enginering, making the major the 940th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 72 optical enginering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 optical enginering graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,978 and $116,300 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great optical enginering programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the optical enginering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Optical Enginering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Optical Enginering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Optical Enginering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Optical Enginering (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Optical Enginering Schools for a Doctorate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. Orlando, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s optical enginering degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region doctor’s degree optical enginering students whose families make $30-$48k list, UCF has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Optical Enginering Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Florida are $28,657.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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